The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-22

The following directors we re elected: John K
Cowen. Baltimore; Chris topher Meyer. New
York; j. III. Wade. Clevelatad: +. I'll. Short. John
Carlisle G. c. Waite and w. M. Ramsey, of
Cincinnati; George H. Stayner and Henry Ives,
Of New York.
Local and Sta tie Notes.
NJ. NJ Richey has been appointed yardmaster
Of the Lake Erie 81 Western at this point vice
Clarke, resigned.
The c., II. & D. earned: $59, 1884 in the second
week of June. an increase earnings CORE
5ponding week. 1886, of 81, 768.
E. r.. Davidson, Northern passenger agent of
the Columbus, Hooking " alley & Toledo road, is
In the city on official business.
j. A Perkins, who rep resents the Union and
the Green fast-freight lines at Milwaukee. is
spending two or three da VS. in the city.
1t is expected that the road between Law
renceburg and Aurora win be pleted
on July that it may b., opened on that date for
business
Freight traffic has increased to such an ex-
tent with the Lake Erie q Western at this point,
of late, that to-day tn BY will put another
switching engine and tr, lin crew.
1t is limited that in the near future the Corbin
syndicate will appear hackers of the proposed
new road the mort hern part Of the State.
be known as the Dayton, Fort Wayne 81 Chi
cago.
AS each road is its o~vn judge of the oblga-
tions governing it IN tho matter of competitive
tariffs there Is nothing. TO prevent the restora-
ton OF competitive IA tes wherever they were
advantageous.
little, and announce a round-trip rate to Port
land, Me-, via Boston. hrood for sixty days, at
$37 10. This is only So higher than the rate last
year over the same route.
The l. g. V. company will next week award a
contract for the buildi ng of a neat passenger
depot and telegraph office at Spencer Ind. The
building is to be constr ucted Of stone and to be
fifty feet long by twenty wide
III. w. Hubbard has been offered one Of the
best positions in the fr eight department of one
of the leading roads of the country, should he
ahn tn ant Rnf n pnlf ad frs or
his lot with the c. III. e. D.-Vandala.
The official statement of the Lake Shore road
shows that the first five months Of this year the
Decline turned the Lake Shore road at
Cleveland more passenger than all the North
western lines running into Chicago did in the
same period.
1t is stated that Something definite will be
known to-day regarding the Baltimore & Ohio
Express Company operating over the Vandalia.
Officers of the express company are to meet Su-
perintendsnt Nelson hese, to-day, to confer re-
garding the matter.
Reports of earnings of all the principal roads
of the country for May now in, and an in
crease of 10 per cent. over corresponding month,
1856, does not indicate that the new law Is work.
ing any ruin to the railroads, but the contrary
they are highly prosperous.
The c., l., St L. g. Cl still continue to carry
from to per cent of the east bound business
out of Chicago, much to the surprise of Compel
ing lines. In time the Chicago freight men will
doubtless become convinced that the B. & 0.
Kankakee Dispatch has some live men handling
The tow-path railroad project is taking definite
shape and there seems TO be but little doubt
to it's being built. An Indianapolis party is now
East endeavoring to get some wealthy capitalists
interested in it's construction. and he is confident
that trouble will be e.kpere need in raising the
funds to build it with.
Home watering places promise to be the best
patronized the present season, as some of the
railroad companies show a determination to
make the new law unpopular possible, and
have rendered 1t practically impossible for a man
of small means to go outside of the State to en-
joy some noted pleasure resort
The Heron family, Connersville, Ind. have
sold their Baltimore 81 Ohio stock at $175 per
share This stock had been in the family over
fifty years. and has never failed in paying them
semi-a annual dividend of 5 per cent. But they
thought matters looked little sQually for the
Il. 81 q. In the future, and so sold.
There now two hrst-class lines between ST.
Louis and Cincinnati via Indianapolis, and it
would take avery capable expert to decide which
is the better route of the two, as both are of
very superior order. both in track and equip
ments. and when the two get tairly warmed mp
there will be but little business left for the Ohio
81 Mississippi.
Some amusing tales told of the reception
which General Passenger Agent Ford of the |
Pennsylvania lines, and the assistant passenger |
agents who accompanied him, were given |
their recent trip by the ticket agents whose COM
missions had been cut off. Even the Pennsyl |
'vania men, 1t is said enjoy telling them when no |
newspaper reporter is present.
Pennewell Bros, Minerva, O., have been
awarded the contract to build 1000 cars stand
ard gauge. for the Cleveland & Canton road,
which will, within few weeks be converted /
from a narrow to a standard gauge road. The
box to be equipped with the Wagner
car door, and have carrying capacity OF 49,
900 pounds the coal cars q capacity of 1000
pounds
1t has become apparent that before the ap-
proaches to the new Union Railway station can
well be laid portion, if not all, of the Vandalia
freight depot N ust come down to make room for
the numerous tracks, and the feeling gains prev
alence with the managers Of the affairs of the
Union Railway Company that an arrangement
might have been made with Mr. McKeen. when |
president of the T., III. s. l., better than with
that the c., H. & ID. will feel that they now have
opportunity to pay off old scores.
Geo. II. Blanchard, chairman Of the Central
Traffic Association, has called meeting of the
among other things. the position the Wabash
has taken regarding eaat-bound out of
Chicago which position bids fair to demoralize
rates all over the country An attempt will also
be made to settle the old balances in the Chi
cago. the St Louis. the Indianapolis, the Peoria.
the Cincinnati and the Louisville pools. A lively
time is looked for However, Mr.. Blanchard
has just returned from the East, and may have
some plan of adjustment which will be satisfac-
tory.
Calvin S. Brice. vice-president of the Lake
Erie q Western road. came up over the c.. H.
& D., yesterday afternoon. and. after tarrying
be re fifteen minutes, took q special train which |
ran to Peru last night, aud will this morning go
on to Michigan City This is his first inspection
Of the old l., ?. & 9. road recently acquired by
The L. f. <, w. Mr.. Brice says that General
Manager Bradbury has instructions TO spare
expense in making the l.. p. q c. division of the
l.. f. e. W., as we'll the l.. Il. g. w. proper,
ph ysically second roads crossing Indiana, |
and that the handsome earnings the two roads
pre- now making Justify them in the outlay. He
looks upon the purchase of the l., p. g. c. as
6rst-cass investment
There is evidently something in the report
that the City Council Of New Albany is seriously
the Reputation OF the bonds of that
city which were sold and the money used in the
of the Louisville, Evansville 81 St
Louis road, better known as the airline. The
New Albany Ledger says: There parties in
the city, both in the Council and out OF IL, who
maintain that the bonds issued by New Albany
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